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#2

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

tags: human-nature, man, mankind, philosophy

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#3

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
― William Shakespear, Hamlet

tags: philosophy

8397 likes

#4

“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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#5

“You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face”
― Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice

tags: death, haiku, james-bond, philosophy, poetry

2828 likes

#6

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
― Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching

tags: philosophy, wayfinding

3501 likes

#7

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
― Plato

tags: philosophy

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#8

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
― Socrates

tags: knowledge, philosophy

3997 likes

#9

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
― Confucius

tags: complexity, philosophy, simplicity

2538 likes

#10

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
― Plato

tags: discipline, education, mentoring, philosophy

2652 likes

#11

“Things do not change; we change.”
― henry david thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

tags: common-sense, inspirational, philosophy

1060 likes

#12

“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”
― Lao Tzu, Te-Tao Ching

tags: aphorism, philosophy, proverb

1176 likes

#13

“I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein

tags: life, philosophy

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#14

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates

tags: knowledge, wisdom

15572 likes

#15

“All the world's a stage we're going through.”
― Lorrie Moore, Anagrams

1033 likes

#16

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

tags: books, friends, reading, teachers

13934 likes

#17

“Day and night I always dream with open eyes.”
― Jose Marti

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